Medium Landing Ship
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Navy/USMCNavy Starts LSM Process With RFP For Vessel Construction Manager
The Navy on Feb. 17 issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) seeking a private Vessel Construction Manager (VCM) to oversee acquisition of the Medium Landing Ship (LSM), revealing plans to […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Pushing For Full 35-Ship LSM Fleet, Next Budget To Fund Up To 23 Ships
SAN DIEGO – A Marine Corps official this week confirmed the service is pushing for all 35 Landing Ship Medium (LSM) vessels in its plans to be the full LSM […]
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Navy/USMCLawmakers Boost LSM Spending, Confirm Fincantieri As Shipbuilder But Warn On Cost Growth
Congressional appropriators added $800 million to the Navy’s Medium Landing Ship program (LSM) in the latest defense spending bill in order to help shift the shipyard building the two Constellation-class […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Expects First LSM Hull Ready By 2029
The Navy plans for the new Medium Landing Ship (LSM), based on the Dutch Damen Naval design, to be built at multiple shipyards and have the first hull delivered by […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Picks Dutch Design For LSM Over Bollinger
Navy leadership on Dec. 5 announced it selected a ship design from Dutch shipbuilder Damen Naval to become the basis for the latest iteration of the Medium Landing Ship (LSM). […]
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Navy/USMCBollinger Wins First Contract For First Landing Ship Medium
The Navy on Friday awarded Bollinger Shipyards a $9.5 million contract to start procuring long lead time material and related engineering and design activities for the initial Block One Landing […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Steps Closer To LSM Block I As It Procures Bollinger And Damen Data Rights
The Navy moved another step closer to awarding its first revamped Medium Landing Ship (LSM) contract with an award to Bollinger Shipyard Lockport LLC for the data rights to build […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Begins Looking Into Vessel Construction Manager For First LSM Amphib
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) recently issued a notice starting the process to find a Vessel Construction Manager (VCM) to build the first Medium Landing Ship (LSM), Block 1. According […]
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Navy/USMCAuthorizers Support New LSM Plan, Impose Vessel Construction Manager Strategy
The newly released House and Senate Armed Services Committee’s FY 2026 defense authorization bills both support the Navy’s latest strategy to move forward with a non-developmental design for the Medium […]
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UncategorizedMarine Corps Confirms Testing With Army Vessel That Will Be Basis Of New First Draft Of LSM
A Marine Corps unit that the Pentagon plans to ultimately deploy with the Landing Ship Medium (LSM) confirmed to reporters it has tested with an Army watercraft set to be […]
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